Meet our Farm Panel

Sue Lani Madsen
Sue Lani operates a unique ranch business with her husband Craig based out of Edwall, WA offering vegetation management services statewide with the healing hooves of their herd of goats. A graduate of Washington’s Ag Forestry Leadership program, Madsen also has a degree in architecture from Washington State University. She is a licensed architect, although is no longer actively practicing. Currently, Sue Lani serves as Chairman of the Lincoln County Planning Commission which is grappling with difficult community conversations over industrial wind development in a vulnerable rural Washington State county. That experience led her to founding the Washington Rural Environmental Network (the WREN) in 2023 to promote robust discussion of the trade-offs required by public policy decisiona affecting the health and resilience of rural communities and their environment. Sue Lani writes a weekly column for The Spokesman-Review, and maintains a Substack writing and podcast page, “Forthright.”
 
Pam Lewison
Pam is the co-owner of JP Ranch, the owner of Paradigm Ag, and the Research Director for WPC's Center for Agriculture. She is a fourth-generation farmer raising hay and other row crops with her husband and her parents. Her writing has been featured in Capital Press, The Seattle Times, The LA Times, and other publications. She has been invited to testify in Olympia on numerous occasions and has had the good fortune to work with many legislators and lobbyists. Pam holds a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from Washington State University and a master’s degree in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications from Texas A&M University—College Station. Before working for WPC, she was the coordination clerk for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program at the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and the communications coordinator for the Washington Cattlemen’s Association.
Representative Mary Dye
Mary has lived in the 9th District most of her life, where she operates a 3,000-acre wheat farm with her husband, Roger. The Dyes pride themselves on creativity and innovation in agronomic practices and advancing new technologies that improve efficiencies and cost savings for the agricultural community. Rep. Dye serves as the ranking member on the House Environment and Energy Committee where significant and consequential economic policy has been considered. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in plant science and crop management from the University of Idaho and has served as an agriculture educator for the Peace Corps in Thailand.
Senator Ron Muzzall
Ron serves as Senator in the 10th legislative district and is the Republican ranking member of the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Parks Committee.  With his wife Shelly and daughters own and operate their family’s grass-fed beef and lamb, barley-fed hogs, and free range eggs and fryers for 3 Sisters Market and other grocery stores on Whidbey Island.
He has served on committees for the Darigold and National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. He served 15 years on the board of Skagit Farmers Supply, 5 years as chairman. He served 8 years on the corporate board of Land O’Lakes cooperative where he put his expertise to work on governance, board performance, audit and political action committees. He is the managing partner at 3 Sisters Family Farm.

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Shelly Muzzall
Shelly owns and operates 3 Sisters Family Farm with her husband Ron and daughters. 
In 2002 a new cooperative was formed locally to process animals under USDA inspection. Ron and Shelly were some of the original stock holders in that cooperative. The cooperative consists of a mobile slaughter unit that travels from farm to farm processing the animals and then takes then back to a facility where the meat is aged, cut & packages under USDA inspection. With this new cooperative it gave the ability to produce locally, process locally and sell local products to local consumers. Since then they have added laying hens, fryers, hogs and lamb to their original product line which includes the grass-fed beef. In 2013 they opened a retail store, 3 Sisters Market, located in the old San de Fuca fire station.

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Meet our Lunch Speakers

Roxanne Husmann
Roxanne and her husband, Ed, currently own and operate a small apple orchard, Ed’s Apples & Event Barn, their retirement hobby, in Sultan Washington. Their orchard hosts over 1500 apple trees that Roxanne & Ed prune, pick and maintain themselves. Along with the apples they have peaches, blueberries & fresh honey from their 10 hives. Roxanne was born and raised in Washington, but lived in 48 of the 50 states while her Dad served in the Army.
Roxanne has been a member of NFRW and WFRW for over 30 years and has served in many different capacities including WFRW president from 2013-2016. She is currently the WRW Virtual Club president.

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​Susan Boisselle
Susan Boisselle became President of the Yakima Republican Women’s Club in 2023 and will finish her 2-year term in December of 2024. As President, she emphasized becoming active participants in supporting the Republican Party, signing initiatives, and sharing ideas and strategies at bi-weekly coffee gatherings. Other commitments to the Yakima Republican Women’s Club include serving as First Vice President of Membership in 2022, aiding the previous board in various capacities, and working at a grassroots level in the community. She also serves as a PCO. Susan engaged at the National level by serving on the NFRW Membership Committee from 2023. Participating in the NFRW Regents Program and the WFRW Winner’s Circle is important to her. A woman of perseverance and creativity, Susan will bring willing hands, business skills, and the ability to work with a board to bring women together for a purpose to the WFRW. Currently, Susan is in the process of retiring from managing a farm that her now deceased husband built and finishing her degree, “Business Administration & Data Analysis, Internation,” either late spring or summer of 2025. She and her husband raised twelve children, all of whom are productive citizens. They are her pride and joy. She has served as President of the White Swan FOL, responsible for the upkeep of both the building and the property as well as the finances. Susan also tutored, was a speaker for women’s retreats and a graduation ceremony, initiated neighborhood children and women’s ministries, and also served as school science project administrator and judge.